resilience

If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way.

The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.

It is GOOD to cherish your yesterdays; It is BETTER to dream your tomorrows; but it is BEST to live your today's! Remember to hold fast to your dreams, for if your dreams die, then your life is like a bird with broken wings that cannot fly.

As of this writing, I am twenty-five years old. I have been alive for 307 months. Nine of those months were pretty terrible. But 298 of those months have been very good. I have been happy. I have been very blessed. Who knows how many more months I have to live? But even if I died tomorrow, nine out of 307 seems like pretty good odds.

The net that catches me when I confront traumatic events is that 10,000 years from now, they will be a reason for rejoicing.

I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. _ Napoleon

Sometimes what we don't wish for is more powerful than what we do.

In the immediate aftermath of the great Chicago fire, a business proprietor erected a shack in front of his burned-out business. On a sign, he placed his name and the tagline that everything was gone but wife, children, and energy.

It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

I would enter the desert alone, to leave in the sand endless footprints only to be obliterated by the wind, to walk the same path each day expecting the same path tomorrow, and perhaps to cease wondering at the bloom and wither of lilies only to linger for death. But no, even in the desert, I would seek a new sanctuary, to contemplate a grain of sand in a sea of dryness...

Now, what__ stirring in this murky sea of complexity and foolishness is an almost suffocating need to breathe fresh history.

But I will not repine. It cannot last long. He will be forgot, and we shall all be as we were before.

The spirit of resiliency defeats all trials and tribulations.

Love is the most powerful force in the universe and we have the extraordinary ability to give and receive it.

Parenting should always come from a place of unconditional loving.

Your Results will only change when you change your mindset, thinking and actions.

Resilience is about B.O.U.N.C.E-Bouncing forward includes bouncing back.

You have to get angry in the face of bad situations. It's the most effective way to escape the bridles of despair.